EditorialButton, Domestic jade (nephilite [nephrite?]), brass, steel, Components -b,-c,-e,-f are on card 18, -b,c: circular convex buttons of jade. Pierced in center by steel wire bent to form shank on underside. -d,e: slightly crescent-shaped pieces of jade pi...
EditorialDegen, Degen. The narrow blade with six planes, of which probably only one third is left, bears the inscription: 'Espaedro del rei' and is marked with a circle with a cross. Covered with twisted handle, previously wound with steel wire, straight guard ...
EditorialDegen, Degen. The narrow blade with six planes, of which probably only one third is left, bears the inscription: 'Espaedro del rei' and is marked with a circle with a cross. Covered with twisted handle, previously wound with steel wire, straight guard ...
EditorialRapier, c. 1600. Italy, early 17th Century. Steel, wire grip; hilt blued and chiseled with foliate pattern; overall: 110 cm (43 5/16 in.); blade: 94 cm (37 in.); quillions: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); grip: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.).
EditorialParrying Dagger, c. 1600. Germany, early 17th Century. Steel, wire grip with arched quillions and side ring; overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.); blade: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.); quillions: 7.6 cm (3 in.); grip: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.).